A new professor at IIE
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The Board of the Swiss Federal Institutes of Technology has announced the appointment of 7 professors at EPFL amongst which one new professor at IIE - ENAC.
Professor Devis Tuia was named as Associate Professor of Environmental Sciences and Computational Engineering in the School of Architecture, Civil and Environmental Engineering (ENAC)
Devis Tuia is an environmental scientist with a particular focus on remote sensing and geoinformation. He is heavily involved with the development of new methods to allow better interpretation of images and recordings of the earth’s surface. He makes use of machine learning and efficient human-machine interaction, among other things.
Prof. Tuia will join EPFL’s Alpine and Polar Research Centre at Sion, where he will carry out a research program based on remote sensing and image analysis, thus increasing the Federal Institute’s national and international visibility. His lab will be located at the ALPOLE of the EPFL Valais Wallis in Sion.